Conditional: бих волео

The conditional says what someone would do. It is built from a short form of бити plus the same l-participle as the past tense:

• ја бих, ти би, он/она/оно би
• ми бисмо, ви бисте, они/оне би

The participle agrees with the subject: ја бих волео (man), ја бих волела (woman), ми бисмо путовали.

Use it for polite wishes (Волео бих кафу. – I would like a coffee.), for advice after на твом месту (in your place), and in unreal conditions with да: Да имам времена, дошао бих. (If I had time, I would come.)

Like other short forms, бих/би stands second in its clause: Ја бих дошао or Дошао бих. For the negative, put не in front: не бих рекао.